Greatness

Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.

—Unknown

His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.

—Samuel Johnson

Don't be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it.

—Rebecca Maizel in Infinite Days

Greatness of mind is never measured by what one disbelieves.

—Brandon Emrys

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

—Havelock Ellis

Behind every great man is a woman who gave up on greatness and tied herself into an apron.

—William Ritter in Beastly Bones

America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness-built upon freedom-is moral, not material. we have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

—Woodrow Wilson